One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.

Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn.

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Nostalgia is a product of dissatisfaction and rage. It´s a settling of grievances between the present and the past.

I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation, I don’t know why I wanted to write. I did some short stories at that time, but very infrequently. I quit my job just to quit. I didn’t quit my job to write fiction. I just didn’t want to work anymore

I've never made an outline for any novel that I've written. Never.